Posted on 11/30/2017 11:01:39 PM PST by Oshkalaboomboom
Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cindy Bass is pushing a controversial bill which would force business owners within the city to take down plexiglass from their establishments, Fox 29 reported. The bill is specifically designed to target convenient stores.
Bass said this bill is about giving her constituents "dignity."
According to Rich Kim, whose family has owned a deli in the area for the last 20 years, the plexiglass is about safety.
"The most important thing is safety and the public's safety," Kim told Fox 29. "If the glass comes down, the crime rate will rise and there will be lots of dead bodies."
The bulletproof glass was put up in Kim's store after a shooting. He says it saved his mother-in-law's life after she was almost attacked with a knife. If Bass' bill becomes a reality, his family would be forced to remove the barrier.
Bass sees things much differently.
“Nuisance establishments like stop-and-gos harm neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia in several ways,” Bass told Philly Magazine. “First, they contribute to increased crime. On any given day, you can find people in front of these businesses selling ‘loosies,’ or loose cigarettes, and engaging in other nuisance behaviors like loitering, public drunkenness, possible drug sales, and even public urination.”
The councilwoman also argues that there are plenty of other businesses without barriers between the employee and the customer.
“There are thousands, thousands of businesses in the city of Philadelphia that operate in those same neighborhoods that sell the same products and do not have plexiglass. For example, you have bars, which operate in those same neighborhoods, no plexiglass, and often sell food. You have beauty barber shops, beauty salons and supply stores, Rite Aids, CVS, all operate in those exact same neighborhoods and don’t have plexiglass," Bass said on The Dom Giordano Program on a local talk radio station. “There is a focus on the plexiglass but the bottom line is these are businesses that have been skirting along for a long time in terms of what they’re supposed to be doing and what they’re actually doing.”
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Politicians like Bass are completely out of touch with reality. She's more worried about making her constituents feeling like important than she is about the health, safety and well-being of others.
If a business decides it's in their employee's best interest to have a bulletproof glass installed, why should government officials be allowed to step in and tell them they're not allowed to?
Clearly, the people who shop at places like Kim's aren't bothered by the plexiglass. They obviously have a sustainable business if they've been around for the last 20 years.
Ms. Bass, forcing these businesses to get rid of these barriers isn't going to keep your constituent safe. These barriers aren't going to suddenly make a shady neighborhood better. All it's going to do is put convenient store works' lives at risk. Are you hoping to end their lives or force the business to close its doors? Both options are lethal, in one way or another.
I bet they like NO stores even less than they like Korean store owners.
I said a million times that the left wants to “oppressed” to just waltz right in and take what is “rightfully” theirs from their “oppressors.”
QED.
Obvious.
“My best guess is that there is some other mega corporation that would like to take over, but the Korean business owners need to be gone first.”
Trust me on this, chain stores do not want to be in blighted areas. Several cities have tried to attract chain stores as grocery stores in particular don’t want to locate in high crime areas. It doesn’t matter what the deal is, chain stores will not locate in bad areas. Here’s just one article chosen at random.
http://www.businessinsider.com/where-have-all-the-inner-city-grocery-stores-gone-2012-4
You don’t think Asian-owned blight won’t just be replaced by African Anerican-owned blight?
“If the customers are concerned about their ‘dignity’ they can patronize stores without barriers.”
Exactly. Let the free market settle it. If digbity was an issue they’d already be shopping elsewhere. Somebody wants these business people gone for some reason. Race?
The sketchiness of a neighborhood is directly proportional to the number of airplane sized bottles of booze behind the counter at convenience stores.
Is “convenient store” typical up north? They’re called convenience stores in Florida. Just curious.
They’re convenience stores in the Midwest, too. Never heard the term convenient store.
Nuisance establishments like stop-and-gos harm neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia in several ways,” Bass told Philly Magazine. “First, they contribute to increased crime. On any given day, you can find people in front of these businesses selling ‘loosies,’ or loose cigarettes, and engaging in other nuisance behaviors like loitering, public drunkenness, possible drug sales, and even public urination.”
Just take a moment to contemplate all that is wrong with this statement. If you really think about it, you might want to grab a bucket to puke into because it’s that sickening.
Exactly. You are on the city council, be-otch. Why the f-— don’t YOU get some law enforcement to clean up the law breaking going on at those locations. Instead of recommending ANOTHER law that will make WORSE lawbreaking (robbery/murder) likely go happen there!
After this ordinance is passed, and the store-owners have complied, this should happen: After the first robery/shooting, the council should be charged not only with the crime, but with conspiracy before the fact because they knew what would happen.
Right! Her solution to the crime problem is to attack law abiding business owners? the law abiding legitimate businesses are the nuisance? You’re goung to fivht crime by making them more vulnerable to criminals? Tbis may be the dunbest thing I’ve ever heard come out of a liberal’s mouth.
The sleazy customers in reality have no dignity. If they had dignity they wouldn’t be in that store
“Is “convenient store” typical up north?”
And, AR-15s are assault weapons.
Politicians always have their facts straight before making policy.
The industry group for them is even called National Association of Convenience Stores. or NACS. (I have been to the NACS Show many times)
Also, removing the plexiglass is probably a non-starter.
Yes!
hey if the customers don’t like it they can shop elsewhere free enterprise i suspect some customers feel safer in a place less likely to get robbed with them in it shopping...
Councilwoman Cindy Bass is committed to improving the quality of life for the residents of the 8th District. "Let my Voice, my Leadership and my Experience work to improve our Communities, our Families, and our City."
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